oridol

oridol t1_iy20zfy wrote

Reply to comment by BeyondRecovery1 in How to stick to just one book at a time? by BeyondRecovery1

Given it's a challenge, I just stick with it even if I don't feel like it. If I really just can't bear to read it, then I either DNF it (because let's be honest, if you can't be bothered to read a page or two, then you're probably not as interested in the book as you might think) or I just tack on that day's reading to tomorrow's goal with the knowledge that I'll either have to read more the next day or extend my deadline.

It's really about the self discipline over anything else.

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oridol t1_ixy2aoe wrote

Reply to How do people genuinely have the time to annotate books beautifully? by [deleted]

I love to annotate, but a lot of my friends see it as "time consuming" or "ruining the book" or even "ruining the experience". I don't shed any doubt on any of these claims, as annotating a book is often for analytical purposes.

But, I want to assure you that by no means because you don't annotate do you not understand the book on the same level as these aesthetic book account owners do. In a world of hyper consumption and overwhelming sharing of content, it can be easy to compare something as personal as a reading experience to someone else's and feel lesser than for enjoying the same piece of content in a different way. From an annotation-lover... enjoy books as you always have, and never feel lesser because your reading experience doesn't look like someone else's.

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oridol t1_ixy1yfh wrote

Reply to How to stick to just one book at a time? by BeyondRecovery1

Try to "structure" your reading more; and I mean this more to challenge yourself rather than an actual everyday method of reading. However, as a mood reader, it has helped me stay on track for a readathon I will be completing soon.

The general idea is that you will allot yourself a certain amount of time to finish a book (say a week and a half). You then take the # of pages and divide them equally (or as equally as you can) among the days you given yourself. It's both an incentive to read every day and a challenge to complete the book.

Hope this helps and remember not to put too much pressure on yourself :)

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oridol t1_ixv2tg2 wrote

Reply to comment by wealy in So disappointed in The Giver Quartet. by wealy

My 8th grade english teacher never even told us there were more. She praised the ambiguous ending. I wish I remembered more but I moved like 2 weeks after finishing the book so I had bigger fish to fry.

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